(In reply to Stefan Dirsch from comment #2) > So if nomodeset is needed during installation, it's probably also needed > afterwards on the installed system. Is it? https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/534802-Unable-to-install-Tumbleweed-(-quot-No-data-quot-screen) suggests not. That it is so often needed for installation to succeed suggests a significant difference between X during and after installation. Why is XVideo= a discrete linuxrc option when video= from the kernel's modedb could have the same effect? When xf86-video-intel is in use, Xorg dutifully obeys e.g. video=1440x900 where supported and not explicitly overridden by xrandr or xorg.conf or some DE setting.